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    On the Java Ridge
    On the Java Ridge
    On the Java Ridge
    Audiobook10 hours

    On the Java Ridge

    Written by Jock Serong

    Narrated by Lewis Fitz-Gerald

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    About this audiobook

    In Canberra, a Federal election looms and Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity is facing a new hard-line policy regarding asylum-seekers. Off the Indonesian island of Dana, Isi Natoli, skipper of the Java Ridge, and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef. A few kilometres away, Roya and her mother are amongst the passengers fleeing persecution aboard the Talakar. When a storm breaks, these stories collide with chilling consequences…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781510086432
    On the Java Ridge

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    • 4/5
      Page turner of a read! Humanises plight of asylum seekers.
    • 5/5
      A powerful book that had me on the edge of my seat, so worried about what was going to happen. A political thriller which I thought was fantastic. Jock Serong is quickly becoming one of my favourite Aussie authors.